Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dao killed three Spirit Eliminators, but a masked figure trapped him and tried to claim the Night Watcher’s corpse. The Crimson Blood coffin shattered, and the Night Watcher reappeared as black chains suddenly sealed the masked figure in the sky.

• Jiang Dao enlarged his body and killed one Spirit Eliminator with a single slash before overwhelming the other two with Mad Demon Severance.
• A fast-moving shadow struck Jiang Dao from behind, but its palm had no effect and it retreated from his counterattack.
• The Masked Figure bound Jiang Dao with primordial qi chains, summoned a Crimson Blood coffin to capture the Night Watcher, and killed the Spirit Eliminators who tried to seize the corpse.
• Jiang Dao remained unable to break free and hesitated to use his Extreme Yang Divine Fire Physique, fearing his identity would be exposed.
• The Crimson Blood coffin shattered, and the unharmed Night Watcher reappeared as countless black chains suddenly sealed the Masked Figure in the sky.

The Night Watcher destroyed the masked Nether Hall attacker with chains and black flames, then vanished, while the Ghoul Spirit Monkey told Jiang Dao that the Night Watcher was alive. As the Old Buddha Temple barred entry and Linglong Town filled with rival Spirit Eliminators, Jiang Dao finally set out to act on the fourth night.

• The Night Watcher bound the masked figure in black chains and burned him away, causing a nearby shadow to flee before he disappeared.
• Jiang Dao recognized the masked attacker’s aura as belonging to Nether Hall, then returned to the Lu Estate and accepted the Carefree Divine Herb and one hundred thousand taels from Lu Rongfa.
• Jiang Dao questioned the Ghoul Spirit Monkey, which insisted that the Night Watcher was alive.
• Over the next three days, Spirit Eliminators crowded Linglong Town and clashed at the Old Buddha Temple’s mountain gate as they tried to gain entry.
• On the night of the fourth day, Jiang Dao turned into a shadow and headed toward the temple while other experts began rushing through the darkness as well.

Jiang Dao infiltrated Old Buddha Temple, killed a fiendish monster on the cliff, and used the gained modification chances to strengthen his Extreme Fiend Overlord Physique. After hearing monks discuss a grave threat connected to the rear mountain, he seized Xu Yan to question him.

• Jiang Dao climbed the restricted eastern cliff and returned a green-robed figure's poisoned needle, killing him with a strike to the head.
• Jiang Dao gained two modification chances and raised the Extreme Fiend Overlord Physique from 115% to 124%, though Celestial Desolation: God-Slaying Form increased by only 1%.
• Jiang Dao reached the temple grounds and overheard Fa Long warn Xu Yan that intruders were targeting Old Buddha Temple and that the rear mountain was off limits.
• Fa Long told Xu Yan that a major discovery in the rear mountain could bring Old Buddha Temple to ruin and worried that the Southern Sky Alliance might attack before the patriarch awakened.
• Jiang Dao grabbed Xu Yan and carried him away before the younger monk could react.

Jiang Dao found Fayuan, the Monk, in secluded cultivation and forced him to lead the way to the Dragonscale Grass. They reached the Buddhist pagoda, where Fayuan said the grass was on the fourth floor, while the floors above held unknown dangers.

• Jiang Dao abducted a young monk and made him lead the way to Fayuan, the Monk's secluded cultivation cave.
• Jiang Dao knocked the young monk unconscious, entered the cave, and attacked Fayuan before demanding the Dragonscale Grass.
• Fayuan said he had not obtained the grass because the temple had kept him under suspicion and in seclusion.
• Jiang Dao demonstrated his strength by piercing a relic-forged golden bone table and insisted Fayuan take him to the grass.
• Jiang Dao concealed himself and Fayuan in darkness as they traveled through the temple, avoiding detection by Spirit Eliminators.
• Fayuan led Jiang Dao to the nine-story Buddhist pagoda and said the Dragonscale Grass was on the fourth floor.

Jiang Dao entered the Myriad Buddha Pagoda to obtain Dragonscale Grass and discovered a deadly trap guarding it. After killing a thief and tearing the grass free, he began collecting the remaining stalks.

• Jiang Dao and Fayuan, the Monk, watched a black-robed thief enter the Myriad Buddha Pagoda, and Jiang Dao sent Fayuan away before following.
• Jiang Dao searched the pagoda and found Dragonscale Grass growing on enormous black coffins on the fourth floor.
• The thief, who called himself Shadow Thief Lord, became trapped when the Dragonscale Grass stuck to his hand.
• Jiang Dao ambushed Shadow Thief Lord, ripped the Dragonscale Grass from the coffin, and killed him.
• Jiang Dao examined the Dragonscale Grass and moved toward the remaining stalks to collect them.

Jiang Dao stole four stalks of Dragonscale Grass from Myriad Buddha Pagoda, triggering the temple’s restrictions and trapping him inside. He broke the pagoda’s suppression with his Demon Shade and Extreme Yang Divine Fire Physique, then emerged as monks and Spirit Eliminators rushed to attack him.

• Jiang Dao uprooted four stalks of Dragonscale Grass, triggering the restriction and alerting the monks of Old Buddha Temple.
• Shadow Thief True Man realized that his avatar’s death had spared his true body from being trapped in Myriad Buddha Pagoda.
• The monks and their allies activated Myriad Buddha Pagoda, sealing it with golden light and a massive Buddha phantom.
• Jiang Dao used the Demon Shade to destroy the Buddha phantom’s assault on his consciousness, then transformed and forced his way out of the pagoda.
• The monks and Spirit Eliminators attacked Jiang Dao as he emerged, stunned that anyone had escaped the revived pagoda.

Jiang Dao tore through the Spirit Eliminators at Old Buddha Temple, then fought a powerful Profound Generation monk and escaped after striking him down. The remaining monks and Spirit Eliminators pursued him as the temple fell into chaos.

• Jiang Dao charged into the Spirit Eliminators and knocked several God Grade Three-Turn monks flying with his enormous, scorching palms.
• Jiang Dao struck the Shadow Thief, shattering his bones and meridians and destroying much of his bloodline power.
• A withered Profound Generation monk confronted Jiang Dao and landed a palm strike, but Jiang Dao activated his Blazing Yang Domain to track the monk's movements.
• Jiang Dao exchanged dozens of blows with the monk, then smashed him into the ground with a strike to the forehead.
• Jiang Dao concealed his aura and escaped while the monks and Spirit Eliminators called for help and pursued him.

Jiang Dao escaped Old Buddha Temple after breaking free of the Myriad Buddha Pagoda, then hid in Great Circle Cave and confronted Fayuan, the Monk. The temple opened its gates to divine-level cultivators seeking the back-mountain opportunity, and Jiang Dao was summoned to meet the senior figures after emerging as a visitor.

• Jiang Dao escaped the pursuing monks and Spirit Eliminators, shrank back to his normal size, and returned to Great Circle Cave.
• Jiang Dao accused Fayuan, the Monk of concealing the Myriad Buddha Pagoda's restriction and the tampered Dragonscale Grass, then accepted that Fayuan had not known about them.
• Jiang Dao asked Fayuan about the back mountain, hid his giant blades, and stayed in Great Circle Cave overnight.
• After failing to find Jiang Dao, Old Buddha Temple and the allied families opened the mountain gates to anyone above the divine level.
• Jiang Dao left Great Circle Cave posing as a mountain visitor and was called to meet the senior figures from Old Buddha Temple and the Spirit Eliminator families.

Jiang Dao faced a room of God-level experts who demanded that he kneel, but he refused and challenged them. After they rejected him as an ally and Senior Ghost Child attacked, Jiang Dao crushed him with overwhelming force and began to bite him as the Fang Family rushed to intervene.

• Jiang Dao entered a room of God-level experts, including Bai Yuanhai and Wang Fang, and refused to kneel when they ordered him to.
• The black-robed Senior Ghost Child insulted Jiang Dao, and Bai Junting declared that Celestial Spirit Manor no longer wanted him.
• Senior Ghost Child lunged at Jiang Dao with a ghost claw, but Jiang Dao struck him down and smashed his head into the floor.
• Jiang Dao revealed his Extreme Fiend Overlord Physique, crushed Senior Ghost Child's face, and tried to bite him.
• The Fang Family members charged at Jiang Dao and shouted for him to stop.

Jiang Dao rampaged through the room, brutalizing the Spirit Eliminators who had attacked him and crushing the old woman’s defenses. He left the survivors in terror as he bit off half the black-robed old man’s body.

• Jiang Dao swept his palm through the attackers, sending those below the fourth transformation of the divine level flying and smashing the room apart.
• Jiang Dao stomped the black-robed old man into the ground, shattered the old woman’s earthen spike, and charged at her while wielding the old man.
• Bai Junting attacked Jiang Dao from behind, but Jiang Dao twisted around and pierced his chest with a palm.
• The old woman vanished to dodge Jiang Dao, but his Celestial Master Divine Eyes found her; he smashed her black barrier with Bai Junting and the black-robed old man, then stomped her into the ground.
• Jiang Dao demanded to know who had made him kneel and bit off half the black-robed old man’s body as the surviving Spirit Eliminators watched in terror.

Jiang Dao overwhelmed the Spirit Eliminators and leaders who had tried to force him to kneel, then trapped the fleeing group in his Blazing Yang Domain. He ordered the wounded Wang Fu to kill the others, and Wang Fu began slaughtering the disciples.

• Jiang Dao tormented the black-robed elder and pinned the old woman underfoot while the gathered Spirit Eliminators watched in terror.
• Jiang Dao kicked Wang Fu in the chest, badly wounding him, then offered to spare him if he killed everyone else.
• Jiang Dao spread his Blazing Yang Domain across the area, stopping the group from escaping.
• Jiang Dao rejected the old woman's apology and stomped down harder on her head.
• Wang Fu got up and began killing the disciples of the Great Southwest Alliance.

Jiang Dao slaughtered the Great Southwest Alliance forces and accepted Old Buddha Temple’s offer to discuss an alliance. The senior monk revealed that a mine had opened into the Netherworld, where Old Buddha Temple discovered a God Corpse and the Emperor Sky Bow.

• Jiang Dao killed Bai Junting, the black-robed elder, and the old woman after Wang Fu helped him wipe out the Great Southwest Alliance disciples.
• Jiang Dao intimidated the senior monk of the Profound Generation, who declined to fight and proposed joining forces with him.
• Jiang Dao agreed to hear Old Buddha Temple’s offer and warned the monk not to betray him.
• The senior monk led Jiang Dao to a courtyard and explained that Old Buddha Temple’s mine had collapsed into a ravine connected to the Netherworld.
• The senior monk said Old Buddha Temple discovered a God Corpse and the Emperor Sky Bow inside the Netherworld.

Jiang Dao followed Master Xuanhui into the Underworld to inspect the God Corpse and Emperor Sky Bow before deciding whether to help Old Buddha Temple guard the opportunity. They reached the ruined realm and learned that Old Buddha Temple had also allied with the Great Yu Dynasty’s imperial family and the Divine Martial Gate.

• Master Xuanhui offered Jiang Dao two stalks of Dragonscale Grass and three Mortal Shedding Pills in exchange for his help guarding the opportunity.
• Jiang Dao agreed to inspect the site before making his decision, and Master Xuanhui led him through the temple and into a mine.
• Jiang Dao used his Celestial Master Divine Eyes to see through the dark tunnel as they approached a fissure into the Underworld.
• Jiang Dao and Master Xuanhui descended into the Underworld, where ruined buildings and corpses covered the landscape.
• Master Xuanhui told Jiang Dao that experts from the Great Yu Dynasty’s imperial family and the Divine Martial Gate had also been invited as allies.

Jiang Dao joined Xuanhui, Xuan Cheng, Yuan Mu, Pang Tianling, Qing Song, and the Great Yu Crown Prince at an ancient city ruin to see the Emperor Sky Bow. After the bow responded to the Heaven's Mandate Artifact inside him, Jiang Dao lifted it from the ground, but noted that its string was broken.

• Jiang Dao arrived at the ruins with Xuanhui and met Yuan Mu, Xuan Cheng, Pang Tianling, Qing Song, and the Great Yu Crown Prince.
• The Emperor Sky Bow stirred when Jiang Dao approached, reacting to the Heaven's Mandate Artifact within his body before he suppressed it.
• Jiang Dao received permission from Xuanhui and Xuan Cheng to try lifting the bow.
• The Great Yu Crown Prince secretly asked Pang Tianling about Jiang Dao, and Pang Tianling warned him that Jiang Dao could hear their transmissions.
• Jiang Dao grasped the bow, overcame its battlefield illusions, and pulled it completely from the ground.
• Jiang Dao praised the bow but regretted that its string was broken.

Jiang Dao lifted the Emperor Sky Bow and discovered it could form an arrow from heaven and earth essence energy, though its shot lacked the legendary power. He asked Old Buddha Temple to give him the bow and left it there while planning to take it by force if they refused.

• Jiang Dao lifted the Emperor Sky Bow and drew an invisible bowstring, gathering essence energy into a black arrow.
• Jiang Dao fired the arrow and blasted a hole into a cliff, while Xuan Cheng, Xuan Hui, and Yuan Mu concluded that the broken bowstring weakened its power.
• Jiang Dao asked Xuanhui to give him the Emperor Sky Bow in exchange for forgoing the Mortal Shedding Pill and Dragonscale Grass and offering his help against Spirit Eliminators.
• The Great Yu Crown Prince objected, but Jiang Dao dismissed him, and Pang Tianling apologized on the Crown Prince's behalf.
• Xuanhui and Xuan Cheng asked for time to consider Jiang Dao's request, and Jiang Dao left the bow planted in the ground while deciding to seize it later if they refused.

Jiang Dao inspected an ancient God Corpse and discovered that immense True Qi remained within it. He left with new questions about the corpse’s origins and its possible connection to the Higher Will.

• Jiang Dao warned the Great Yu Crown Prince about his hostility, while Pang Tianling and Daoist Yuan Mu promised to advise the crown prince.
• Monk Xuanhui led Jiang Dao and the others through the ruins to the upright God Corpse, whose chest had been pierced and whose heart was missing.
• Monk Xuan Cheng explained that the God Corpse could not be damaged and that the ancient inscriptions beneath it could not be deciphered.
• Jiang Dao touched the corpse, then sent Blazing Yang True Qi into it and sensed a vast reserve of True Qi within.
• Jiang Dao hid what he had discovered and continued onward, wondering whether the God Corpse came from humanity’s lost era and was connected to the Higher Will.

Jiang Dao toured the underworld with Xuan Hui and Xuan Cheng, while Old Buddha Temple considered an alliance with him to protect the God Corpse and the underworld’s secrets. Yuan Mu stopped the Great Yu Crown Prince from ordering Jiang Dao’s assassination and revealed that Great Yu sought the Elixir of Rebirth.

• Jiang Dao and the monks toured part of the vast underground region before returning to the surface, where Xuan Hui asked for a night to consider the divine bow.
• Xuan Hui told Xuan Cheng that Jiang Dao had killed the Great Southwest Alliance’s experts and carried an aura like the demon that had entered the Myriad Buddha Pagoda, so they needed to consider allying with him.
• The Great Yu Crown Prince summoned the nine Netherworld Guards and ordered them to kill Jiang Dao, search his soul, and destroy his clan.
• Yuan Mu recalled the Netherworld Guards and warned the Great Yu Crown Prince that a terrifying power within Jiang Dao made him dangerous to challenge.
• Yuan Mu urged the Great Yu Crown Prince to wait for other powerful figures to arrive and revealed that Great Yu’s true objective was the Elixir of Rebirth, which could awaken its sleeping imperial lord.

Old Ancestor Nantian and Old Ancestor Fenglin set out for Old Buddha Temple to seek the Elixir of Rebirth, but the Evil God intercepted them and joined their journey. The three powerful beings traveled together toward the temple.

• Old Ancestor Nantian crossed the night sky to Fenglin City, alarming Spirit Eliminator lineages with his Ninth Cycle power.
• Old Ancestor Fenglin emerged from beneath his residence and agreed to accompany Old Ancestor Nantian to Old Buddha Temple.
• Old Ancestor Fenglin revealed that the Elixir of Rebirth had temporarily restored him, and he needed more to avoid returning to his near-death state.
• The Evil God appeared in a borrowed body and asked to join the two ancestors on their journey.
• Old Ancestor Nantian welcomed the Evil God, and the three traveled toward Old Buddha Temple together.

The six eminent monks of Old Buddha Temple decided to give Jiang Dao the dragon sinew so he could use the complete Emperor Sky Bow against powerful enemies. Before they could act, Spirit Eliminators attacked the temple and stormed toward the underground rift, where the eminent monks met them in battle.

• The six eminent monks concluded that the Golden Buddha Patriarch was dead and agreed to give Jiang Dao the divine bow.
• Xuan Men proposed giving Jiang Dao Old Buddha Temple’s damaged dragon sinew so he could use the Emperor Sky Bow against the Southern Sky Alliance and Fenglin City elders.
• Spirit Eliminators broke into the temple’s forbidden grounds, killing monks and rushing toward the mine tunnel as a black spider and a green-robed figure attacked the defenders.
• Jiang Dao, the Great Yu Crown Prince, Daoist Yuan Mu, Pang Tianling, and others arrived, but watched from the sidelines as the temple came under attack.
• The six eminent monks of the Profound Generation arrived and counterattacked, with one monk killing the green-robed figure with a single palm strike.

Jiang Dao and the others drove back the Spirit Eliminators swarming toward the underground fissure, but many had already entered it. The Southern Sky Alliance’s powerful figures, Old Ancestor Fenglin, and the Two-Faced Evil God then arrived, leaving the defenders facing an overwhelming new threat.

• Monk Xuan Cheng and Monk Xuanhui called on Jiang Dao, Daoist Yuan Mu, and Pang Tianling to help defend Old Buddha Temple, promising to meet their conditions.
• Jiang Dao entered the battle, unleashed his Blazing Yang Domain, and slaughtered Spirit Eliminators while Daoist Yuan Mu and Pang Tianling joined the fight.
• The remaining attackers fled, though many Spirit Eliminators and a giant spider had already rushed into the underground fissure.
• Jiang Dao sensed a new presence, and he and the monks looked up as three terrifying lights approached across the brightening night sky.
• Monk Xuan Cheng identified the arrivals as the Southern Sky Alliance’s Old War God, Old Ancestor Fenglin, and an Evil God, whose aura the Two-Faced Evil God said felt familiar.